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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
I agree with Noland. Another problem is that the BD child may take forever to make up his/her mind, which adds a lot of awkward "dead" time.
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TheMightyRicardo Loyal user 225 Posts |
I agree that there is a wait while the BD child chooses the volunteer(s), but there is a build up of excitement as guests clamour to be chosen and the parents like the attention their child is getting - so it adds to the presentation.
Maybe I am lucky, but I find the children at Birthday parties are generally cooperative and the few that need some control;- that is done by the adults present. Richard |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Richard!
I remember a kid b-day party in New Orlesns a couple years ago. I don't do many b-day parties. (I have done perhaps 20,000 school assemblies, so I know how to work with kids.) At that party in New Orleans, the adults were having a noisy party in the next room. (The "bar" was "open", and the liquor was flowing.)
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
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On Apr 11, 2015, Dick Oslund wrote: That's why I put my speaker in the back of the room (using a wireless microphone) and cover the speaker with a thin cloth that's velcroed underneath. The speaker is put between the adults and the kids and sometimes it's aimed so the sound bounces off a wall, conveniently landing in the bar area. With the cover that shuts around the speaker cabinet they can't see the controls to turn the volume down AND it's loud enough to encourage the adults to leave that room and hopefully go outside. Some of the worst offenders are the hosts.
Jay Leslie
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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
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On Apr 11, 2015, jay leslie wrote: Jay, what a great idea. But does it cause a problem getting to it if you need to adjust the volume during the show? |
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
Nope. That's why you adjust the volume before the show.
With wireless in hand, walk around the room and equalize as necessary then set the volume so it reinforces your voice but it's not blasting the audience. Sound decreases in volume as it travels (there is a formula) but the idea generally is, in a theatre, you make the sound so the front row can't easily talk to each other, and the back row can talk just a bit. In this case I'm setting the volume so the sound at the back of the room (into the adjoining room) is just a bit too loud for people to talk but comfortable for the audience it's intended for. I don't use a Lavaliere because a hand-held can be moved closer or further which facilitates an adjustment for volume - and - the hand-held is used for interviews & other bits of business most have forgotten when the Lav became more popular. I should make some DVDs on packing, loading, transporting, sound, sales conversations, follow-ups, getting paid, how to formulate a show, how to upsize from parties to full size illusion shows, ect.
Jay Leslie
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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
Jay, excellent post than you.
I'm with you on using a hand held mic. The Stevens Magic video that Bobo made wasn't as good as it should have been as he was wearing a clip-on mic and you could hear all the cueing. And that's something that is becoming a lost art. |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Yes, that happened when the late MacDonald BIRCH worked Abbott's about 40 years ago. Birch was not accustomed to a lavalier mike.He did lots of stage cueing, and the entire audience was also cued!
The Bobo "Greater Magic Library" video,as you mention, had the same problem. Plus, the kids were in a "strange environment" (TV Studio) and didn't respond as they usually do. I used a lot of cueing when I was on the road. It "made" the show!!! Yes, it's becoming a lost art.
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The Great Zucchini Inner circle 1347 Posts |
I also am in the camp of not letting bday child pick volunteers. I agree with Noland's reasons, and also it just puts pressure on them, as they pick one person, than they eliminate on their other friends. Everyone would want to get picked by the bday child.
Being diverse is important in choosing volunteers, and is a part of life, and how most professions are doing things. For instance in the NFL, every team, needs to interview an African American coach, when doing their search. A female police officer might get a job over a man, because they want more females on the force, etc. People look at how diverse, we are in our selecting volunteers, and it's important. |
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Hawkan Elite user Sweden 495 Posts |
As a police officer myself, I can totally understand and agree with the benefits of hiring people with different cultural backgrounds and of different "colours". No problem. That is wise and sound to do. I grew up in a suburb with something like 70% from other countries (today, in that area there are schools with 98% from other countries), nobody cared where you came from, that was not an issue. If I told my friends I choose volunteers trying to be diverse, they would call me a racist... In my experience, the ones complaining are the born Swedes. But again, it sounds as if there are big differences between Sweden and USA in these matters.
HÃ¥kan |
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